Ascension St. John Hospital Pediatric Residency Faculty
Marcus Degraw, MD
Pediatric Chairman
Director, Child Protection Unit
Director, Child Protection Unit
Premchand Anne, MD
Program Director
Director, Pediatric Cardiology
Director, Pediatric Cardiology
Krista Mesi, DO
Associate Program Director,
Director, Pediatric Hospital Medicine
Director, Pediatric Hospital Medicine
Ronald Hertz, DO
Director, Osteopathic Program
Deepak Patel, MD
Director, NICU & SCN
Alina Witkowski, MD
Director, Pediatric Critical Care
Reina Salazar, MD
Director, Pediatric Allergy
Christy Petroff, MD
Director, Pediatric Clinic
Hernando Lyons, MD
Director, Pediatric Gastroenterology
Bernard Degnan, MD
Director, Pediatric Endocrinology
Muthaypalayam Thirumoorthi, MD
Director, Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Iqbal Allarakhia, MD
Director, Pediatric Neurology
Marc Cullen, MD
Director, Pediatric Surgery
Karen Alton, MD
Director, Adolescent Medicine
Angela Mata, MD
Staff, Pediatric Critical Care
Basel Hamzeh, MD
Staff, Pediatrician
Susan Kessler, MD
Staff, Pediatrician
Saleem Raza, MD
Staff, Pediatrician
Michael McMillan, Ph.D.
Staff, Pediatric Psychologist
Shada Al-anani, MD
Staff, Pediatric Cardiology
Stuart Covi, MD
Staff, Pediatric Cardiology
Sanjay Kumar, MD
Staff, Pediatric Gastroenterology
Rand Farjo, MD
Staff, Pediatric Infectious Diseases
John Adams, MD
Staff, Neonatologist
Athina Pappas, MD
Staff, Neonatologist
Beata Ruprecht, MD
Staff, Pediatric Neurology
Robert Sills, MD
Staff, Pediatric Emergency Medicine
James Maciejko, MD
Staff, Pediatric Weight Management/ Lipid Clinic
Jeff Clark, MD
Staff, Pediatric Critical Care
Jennifer Nimtz, MD
Staff, Pediatrician
Natalie Kontos, MD
Hospice/Palliative Medicine, Pediatrics
Staff, Pediatrician
Staff, Pediatrician
Michelle Truong, MD
Staff, Pediatrician
Meredith Sharp, MD
Staff, Pediatric Hospitalist
Justino Zoma, MD
Staff, Pediatric Cardiology
Shashikala Gowda, MD
Staff, Pediatric Endocrinology
Ralph Ariss, MD
Staff, Neonatologist
Monika Piatek, MD
Staff, Neonatologist
Faesel Elbakoush, MD
Staff, Neonatologist
David DeCosta, MD
Staff, Neonatologist